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This is how you could structure a doorstep chat:
This is how you could structure a doorstep chat:
#1 Start: 1-2 Sentences: Name, organisation, why are you ringing, if possible refer to common values
#. Start: 1-2 Sentences: Name, organisation, why are you ringing, if possible refer to common values
#2. EMOTION: find out what moves the person you are talking to, ask open questions
#. EMOTION: find out what moves the person you are talking to, ask open questions
#3. HOPE: show how your plan is connected to what was said, show that change is possible!
#. HOPE: show how your plan is connected to what was said, show that change is possible!
#4. ACTION: Now is the moment to ask your question (e.g. do they want to join the next meeting?)
#. ACTION: Now is the moment to ask your question (e.g. do they want to join the next meeting?)
#5. Closing: Ask for a contact and say when you will get in touch again
#. Closing: Ask for a contact and say when you will get in touch again
|short-description=Do you know this situation? You organise a meeting to discuss traffic calming in your neighbourhood and the people most affected by the noise don't show up. You are not the only one and there is a solution: Doorstep chats are an useful method to reach out to people that are not yet part of the discussion but are needed very much.
|short-description=Do you know this situation? You organise a meeting to discuss traffic calming in your neighbourhood and the people most affected by the noise don't show up. You are not the only one and there is a solution: Doorstep chats are an useful method to reach out to people that are not yet part of the discussion but are needed very much.
|hypothesis=Doorstep chats can lead to a growing and more divers movement which is a crucial lever to unlock political Lock-ins.
|hypothesis=Doorstep chats can lead to a growing and more divers movement which is a crucial lever to unlock political Lock-ins.

Revision as of 16:53, 27 October 2026

TOOL
Doorstep chats
Description

Do you know this situation? You organise a meeting to discuss traffic calming in your neighbourhood and the people most affected by the noise don't show up. You are not the only one and there is a solution: Doorstep chats are an useful method to reach out to people that are not yet part of the discussion but are needed very much.

This is how you could structure a doorstep chat:

  1. . Start: 1-2 Sentences: Name, organisation, why are you ringing, if possible refer to common values
  2. . EMOTION: find out what moves the person you are talking to, ask open questions
  3. . HOPE: show how your plan is connected to what was said, show that change is possible!
  4. . ACTION: Now is the moment to ask your question (e.g. do they want to join the next meeting?)
  5. . Closing: Ask for a contact and say when you will get in touch again
Unlock-hypothesis

Doorstep chats can lead to a growing and more divers movement which is a crucial lever to unlock political Lock-ins.

Lock-in Layers

behavioural

Lock-in Cluster

Personal and Social Beliefs

Challenges

Lack of access to hard-to-reach groups, Lack of volunteers

Link to tool materials

-

Level of effort for application

medium

Skill level needed for application

medium

Suitable spatial context

neighbourhood

Spatial limitation

no

Visualisation

Author/Licence: Nazrin Babashova

Tool type

Action

Toolbox user types

NGOs/ local interest groups, Local government

Languages

german, english